Doctors

Dr Gemma Newman

Dr Newman grew up in Devon and trained at UWCM in Cardiff. She completed her GP training in hospitals and surgeries around West London before settling at The Orchard Surgery. She has an interest in family planning and is able to fit coils. She has also done a lot of media work - contributing to many articles (print and online) as well as TV work. She is also able to offer private clinics and in particular she can offer injections of Botulinum toxin to treat excessive sweating, proven migraine and tension headaches, and anti-wrinkle treatments.

Dr Andeep Kaur

Dr Kaur grew up in the West Midlands before studying medicine at Guy's King's and St Thomas' Medical School in central London. She has worked in various GP surgeries in and around London as well as for various Out of Hours services around the country and even the Prison service. She has gained a huge amount of clinical knowledge as a result of her experiences. Her interests include diabetes, minor surgery, palliative care and child protection.

Dr Abid Ashouri

Dr Ashouri is a very experienced and well regarded male GP who has worked in the local area for more than 35 years. He joined our team in May 2013 and is an asset to the surgery.

Dr Withya Raja

Dr Raja joined our team in 2014, she grew up in London and studied medicine at the University College London. Dr Withya completed her training at Colchester and is doing a mixture of GP surgery based work and Urgent Care Centre work at the West Middlesex Hospital.

Nurses

Jayne Taylor

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Marguerite Humphrey

Practice Manager

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Rasula Hurley

Office Manager

Reception

Sally Dobbs

Senior Receptionist and Secretary

Monika Rostek

Sylvia McLuckie

Christine Stephens

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Community Nurses

Our district nurses will come to your home for performing blood tests on house-bound patients, applying dressings as well as other community services. This service is usually arranged by referral from your GP. They are based at Stanwell Community Centre and may be contacted by telephoning 01784 883943.

Health Visitors

The health visitors provide particular expertise with care and wellbeing of babies and children up to five years old, and their families. They may be contacted through the surgery or directly by telephoning 01784 883996.